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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-5603 · published 4 January 2013

CVE-2012-5603: Redhat cloudforms permissions and access controls vulnerability

Redhat · Cloudforms

proxies_controller.rb in Katello in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to read consumer certificates or change arbitrary users' settings via unspecified vectors related to the "consumer UUID" of a system.

5.5 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.0% · top 37.3% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
5.5CVSS 2.0 base score
1.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

proxies_controller.rb in Katello in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to read consumer certificates or change arbitrary users' settings via unspecified vectors related to the "consumer UUID" of a system.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://osvdb.org/88140
http://osvdb.org/88142
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1543.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51472 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56819
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882129
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80549
http://osvdb.org/88140
http://osvdb.org/88142
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1543.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51472 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56819
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882129
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80549

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-5603), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.